Likely 2017 Home schedule

[Shipyard]

June 10 (pre season)

and 9 of these 10 weeks
July 1
July 8
July 15
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

[Downtownfan]

Here is the TFC sked for that games that intrude on the Argos season:

Saturday, June 17, 2017 TBD
Friday, June 23, 2017 TBD
Saturday, July 22, 2017 TBD
Sunday, July 30, 2017 2:00PM ET
Saturday, August 12, 2017 TBD
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 TBD
Saturday, September 9, 2017 TBD
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 TBD
Saturday, September 30, 2017 TBD
Sunday, October 15, 2017 3:00PM ET

This does not include other games they may have to cram in during their season.

[Downtownfan]

June 10 (pre season)

and 9 of these 10 weeks
July 1
July 8
July 15
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

That actually looks like a pretty good sked, and I would love to have a Saturday Canada Day game to kick things off, with a huge Canada Day tailgate/bbq!

[Mightygoose]

June 10 (pre season)

and 9 of these 10 weeks
July 1
July 8
July 15
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

Not bad! July 15 is out as the Indy runs July 14-16.

There's still room the last weekend of October and the first week of November so we should have a good schedule this year.

[Shipyard]

Not bad! July 15 is out as the Indy runs July 14-16.

There's still room the last weekend of October and the first week of November so we should have a good schedule this year.

indy your right, forgot about that

..soooo if they listened to the fans, our schedule is (assuming all saturday games)
best part of TSN not dumping MLS coverage is we "basically" have control over the scheduling at bmo

June 10 (pre season)

July 1 (week 2)
July 8
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

[paulwoods13]

That would be a fairly decent schedule, with mostly Saturdays and maybe a few Friday nights. Guess we won't have our "usual" Saturday-after-Labour Day rematch with the Ticats, but that's not a big deal. I'd prefer fewer back-to-back home dates than the three here but we're never gonna get perfection.

[Neely2005]

indy your right, forgot about that

..soooo if they listened to the fans, our schedule is (assuming all saturday games)
best part of TSN not dumping MLS coverage is we "basically" have control over the scheduling at bmo

June 10 (pre season)

July 1
July 8
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

I think you'll see 1 Thursday game, 1 Friday game, a couple holiday Monday games and some Sunday games.

[ArgoFan1]

We should know for sure in about 6 weeks. Schedule usually comes out by the end of February.

[Neely2005]

We should know for sure in about 6 weeks. Schedule usually comes out by the end of February.

Rumours that it may be out in January this year.

[Downtownfan]

Yeah, I was told by someone in the Argos office that the sked could be out in January. There are no complications this year for either the Argos or the league in terms of construction or other events (i.e., soccer tournaments, etc.) that there have been in previous years, so it might come out earlier than in the past. That would be nice. The way it looks is that the Argos get two dates a month from July to Oct., and so does TFC, which is fairly even. Now that MLS is on TSN exclusively, since TV really rules the roost for scheduling, this will help the Argos/CFL.

[mchesher03]

oh man how far we've come! That'd be great and given what we've dealt with over the last few years, almost a complete 180!

[PullTogether73]

June 10 (pre season)

and 9 of these 10 weeks
July 1
July 8
July 15
Aug 5
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sep 16
Sep 23
Oct 7
Oct 21

So, what is the source for this "likely" schedule?
Do you know someone at the CFL or Argonauts who has access to the scheduling?

[stuntdog]

I think you'll see 1 Thursday game, 1 Friday game, a couple holiday Monday games and some Sunday games.

Yes I expect some Thursday & Friday home games on the schedule to satisfy TSN.

[paulwoods13]

Looking closely at TFC's schedule and allowing for gaps between games, I think Shipyaard has it about right but I would add a couple more possibilities:

Preseason
June 10

Regular season (9 of these 12 weekends)
June 30 or July 1
July 6, 7 or 8 (could be our week for a Thursday game)
July 13, 14 or 15 (could be our week for a Thursday game)
Aug. 5 or 7 (Civic Holiday Monday)
Aug. 18 or 19
Aug. 25 or 26 (I think they will do maximum of one game at home during CNE, so likely won't be both of these weeks)
Sept. 15 or 16
Sept. 22 or 23
Oct. 7, 8 or 9 (Thanksgiving weekend)
Oct. 21 or 22
Oct. 28 or 29
Nov. 3 or 4

[Gill The Thrill]

Please have more games in the fall than just 2. The real football season is in the fall, not in June. Last year's schedule was so poorly front-loaded with home dates, that you knew the Argos were going to be in trouble after their Labour Day loss in Hamilton, which saw their record fall 4-6. With a month between home dates after their Labour Day rematch and playing 5 of their last 7 on the road, you knew they were done in for. It made it hard to follow the last third as a fan, and watching how the team played, it didn't look much better playing that schedule as a player.

[Neely2005]

Please have more games in the fall than just 2. The real football season is in the fall, not in June. Last year's schedule was so poorly front-loaded with home dates, that you knew the Argos were going to be in trouble after their Labour Day loss in Hamilton, which saw their record fall 4-6. With a month between home dates after their Labour Day rematch and playing 5 of their last 7 on the road, you knew they were done in for. It made it hard to follow the last third as a fan, and watching how the team played, it didn't look much better playing that schedule as a player.

The Argonauts road record was better than their home record last season.

We actually liked not having many cold weather Fall home games / tailgates. We requested more summer games in the survey.

[R.J]

Balanced would be my number one option, but I'd take a heavy fall schedule over a summer one any time.

[Neely2005]

Balanced would be my number one option, but I'd take a heavy fall schedule over a summer one any time.

To each their own. We don't find tailgating or watching games outdoors in the cold enjoyable.

[paulwoods13]

Many fans who sat on the east side didn't find sitting in the blazing sun enjoyable last season. I expect summer Saturday games will be at 6 or 7 but certainly no earlier than 4. Lots of time to tailgate. The few fall home games we had weren't close to "cold," IIRC. One was a bit cool. I expect our fall weekend games to be 4 o'clock starts, mostly.

Regardless, I agree with AV that front-loading home games in the summer would be bad from a competitive standpoint. The ideal schedule would rotate home and away all season. Best for selling tix and best for the team not getting jammed up with road games. In the CFL every team tends to end up with a couple of back-to-backs but any more than two in a row at home or on the road is bad.

[Neely2005]

Many fans who sat on the east side didn't find sitting in the blazing sun enjoyable last season. I expect summer Saturday games will be at 6 or 7 but certainly no earlier than 4. Lots of time to tailgate. The few fall home games we had weren't close to "cold," IIRC. One was a bit cool. I expect our fall weekend games to be 4 o'clock starts, mostly.

Regardless, I agree with AV that front-loading home games in the summer would be bad from a competitive standpoint. The ideal schedule would rotate home and away all season. Best for selling tix and best for the team not getting jammed up with road games. In the CFL every team tends to end up with a couple of back-to-backs but any more than two in a row at home or on the road is bad.

Our last home regular season was quite cold, especially in the second half. I don't think that to many people will be lining up to sit outside for a regular season game in late October or November.